HURRICANE
Date1842
Object NameSCHOONER
MediumWOOD; Oak, Elm and Pine
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionsgross tonnage 233 tons (167)
Object numberABDSHIP002908
Keywords
Fate: Unknown, last mention in Lloyds 1849 (H502).
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged with clipper bow, constructed of oak, elm and pine, sheathed with felt and yellow metal.
Owner:
1845-49: Henderson, registered in Glasgow.
Master:
1845-49: Master Adamson
Voyages
1845-46: Clyde - Valparaiso
1847: Liverpool - Valparaiso
1849: Clyde - Valparaiso
General History:
22/03/1844:
For sale, first class clipper schooner HURRICANE, with all her stores, etc., as she lies in dock at Grangemouth. Vessel is two years old, registered 233 tons at old and 166 tons at new measurement. She was built at Aberdeen of the best materials and under careful inspection, is in excellent order and can be sent to sea at little expense. Apply to William Sloan, Glasgow.
(Glasgow Herald)
07/02/1845:
Schooner HURRICANE, Adamson, to sail in a few days for Huasco (Chile) to load copper ore for Liverpool.
(Glasgow Herald)
14/07/1845:
Peter & Thomson Airman, Glasgow, will continue to dispatch first class British-built vessels for Valparaiso (Chile) under the strictest conditions as to careful loading, and with the same regularity in dates of sailing as Heretofore, the A1 clipper schooner HHURRICANE, J. Adamson commander, will sail 25 July.
(Glasgow Herald)
24/08/1847:
Falmouth, 22 August - Schooner HURRICANE from Valparaiso in 112 days, has arrived, having in freight $71,000.
(Daily News)
1841
1840
11 June 1819
